Minister Price said our Government shares this strong commitment to regional, rural and remote Australia and understands that local aged care services face challenges their capital city counterparts do not.

“These upgrades will boost the productivity and sustainability of local aged care services, which play a critical role in our communities.”

Minister Price said the aged care sector would receive a further boost through the residential aged care capital grants through the Aged Care Approvals Round (ACAR) expected to be announced by April 2019.

“Thanks to our strong economic record, our Government has also just announced $101.9 million to lift the annual Viability Supplement paid to eligible regional aged care providers by 30 per cent,” she said.

“I thank all the organisations that submitted applications and look forward to seeing the benefits of this funding for our aged care services, senior Australians and communities in country Australia.”